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Improving weather leading up to the Easter holidays
Monday, 30 March 2015, 12:54 pm | MetService
A showery southwesterly feed of air is set to remain over Aotearoa today,bringing showers into western and southern parts of the country. A frontal system will weaken as it moves up the South Island today, bringing a few showers to northern parts of ... More >>
A wet weekend ahead for many
Thursday, 26 March 2015, 2:00 pm | MetService
A weak trough of low pressure has brought showers to many parts of the country over the past couple of days, especially the West Coast and lower South Island. The associated cloudiness has been responsible for mild overnight temperatures, with many places ... More >>
A warmer week ahead
Monday, 23 March 2015, 12:58 pm | MetService
Most places will see some sunshine over the next few days with the east of the country getting the best of the weather. Temperatures are also on an upward trend after last week's relatively cooler temperatures. However, a few spots of rain are expected ... More >>
A ridge of high pressure for the North this weekend
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 4:04 pm | MetService
It was an interesting start to the week, with Cyclone Pam dominating the weather headlines. Pam brought heavy rain to northern Hawke's Bay and Gisborne; blasted eastern parts of Northland, Great Barrier Island and Gisborne with severe gales; and also ... More >>
Cyclone Pam - the story so far
Monday, 16 March 2015, 2:16 pm | MetService
Tropical Cyclone Pam moved into MetService's Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre area of responsibility in the early hours of Sunday morning. At that time, the predicted track would take the cyclone on a southeast course past East Cape, with warnings ... More >>
Update on Cyclone Pam
Monday, 16 March 2015, 11:32 am | MetService
At 10am this morning Cyclone Pam was located about 230 km east-northeast of East Cape, Gisborne. Despite being re-classified as an extra-tropical cyclone in the early hours of this morning, the system still has severe weather which is affecting parts ... More >>
Update Tropical Cyclone Pam
Monday, 16 March 2015, 8:55 am | MetService
At midnight Sunday tropical cyclone Pam was situated about 450km to the northeast of Auckland and 450km to the north of East Cape. It has already brought 70mm or rain to parts of Gisborne and 140 to 150 kilometer an hour wind gusts to exposed parts ... More >>
Update on Tropical Cylone Pam
Sunday, 15 March 2015, 12:30 pm | MetService
Tropical Cyclone Pam (now a Category 4) has moved across 25S into TCWC Wellington (METSERVICE NZ) area of responsibility early this morning. At 7am today (Sunday 15 March), it was located at 26.8S 172.7E or 850 kilometres north of Cape Reinga, moving ... More >>
Tropical Cyclone Pam - Update Saturday 11:25 p.m
Sunday, 15 March 2015, 9:11 am | Meteorological Service of New Zealand
Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam was located about 400km east of Noumea, New Caledonia at 7 pm Saturday evening. The cyclone is moving south-southeast at about 25km/hr, away from Vanuatu and New Caledonia. The visible satellite imagery at 7pm shows tropical ... More >>
Latest Update on Tropical Cyclone Pam - Sunday 5am
Sunday, 15 March 2015, 9:08 am | Meteorological Service of New Zealand
At 1am this morning (NZ local time) Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam was located over waters about 500km southeast of Noumea, New Caledonia, moving quickly south-southeast at 45 km/h. TC Pam is still a category 5 cyclone,but has begun a weakening trend. ... More >>
Tropical cyclone Pam moving southeast away from Vanuatu
Saturday, 14 March 2015, 9:54 pm | MetService
At 1pm today, severe tropical cyclone Pam was located to the south of Vanuatu, about 170 nautical miles south of Port Vila, and about 200 nautical miles east northeast of Noumea in New Caledonia. At the time, Pam was estimated to have a central pressure ... More >>
Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam affects Vanuatu
Saturday, 14 March 2015, 11:13 am | MetService
At 6am this morning severe tropical cyclone Pam was located in the vicinity of the island Erromango in Vanuatu on a track south-southeast towards the island Tanna. Earlier this morning the center of Pam moved south over the east of Efate Island ... More >>
Tropical cyclone Pam deepens over Vanuatu
Saturday, 14 March 2015, 10:08 am | MetService
At 1am this morning (NZ local time) severe tropical cyclone Pam was located about 70km east of Port Vila, Vanuatu. TC Pam is still a category 5 cyclone, and has intensified slightly overnight with the central pressure dropping to an estimated 899hPa and ... More >>
Update on Tropical Cyclone Pam
Friday, 13 March 2015, 2:25 pm | MetService
At 1pm today (Friday 13 March), Tropical Cyclone Pam was located 220 kilometres northeast of the capital of Vanuatu, Port Vila, moving slowly southwards. Now Category 5, the storm has winds of 220 kilometres per hour near the centre, with gales extending ... More >>
Tropical Cyclone Pam and the weekend ahead
Thursday, 12 March 2015, 1:03 pm | MetService
Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam, currently six hundred kilometres north of Port Vila, is expected to move southwards over the next 24 hours taking it just east of the major islands of Vanuatu. Though the Cyclone isn't expected to make a direct hit ... More >>
Keeping an eye on the tropics
Monday, 9 March 2015, 1:24 pm | MetService
After the active systems of the weekend this week starts in a much quieter fashion. A weak ridge of high pressure remains situated across much of New Zealand at the beginning of the week, while a series of fronts move across the lower South Island. ... More >>
Some weather at last
Thursday, 5 March 2015, 1:58 pm | MetService
Most places will get some wet and windy weather this weekend as a front moves across the country on Friday followed by a low on Saturday. Sundaywill be a more settled day for most. More >>
A humid start to March
Monday, 2 March 2015, 2:16 pm | MetService
A humid northeasterly flow prevails over the North Island over the next few days as a low just to the north of the country moves away to the east on Wednesday and Thursday. Meanwhile, a front moving up the South Island will bring a period of rain ... More >>
March 2015 - The Highs take a break
Friday, 27 February 2015, 4:32 pm | MetService
"The Highs which have had a tight grip on the country recently look likely to take a break as we start March" said MetService Meteorologist Georgina Griffiths. "This is the best shot at getting some rain that we have seen for a long time." More >>
Sports-filled weekend
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 12:49 pm | MetService
An active southerly change that moved across the South Island and lower North Island on Wednesday continues to move northwards during Thursday, bringing some showers and cooler weather to the east of the North Island. Meanwhile, a ridge of higher ... More >>
